latent
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Rombach, 33, helped develop latent diffusion, a breakthrough that underpins many of today's AI image-generation systems.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
“If an agent is optimizing 24/7,” Ryan added, “does that remove latent cash in the system?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Unfortunately, your phone’s app is more likely to try to satisfy that latent desire than to force you to understand how complex weather modeling really is.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
That can increase condensation, release more latent heat, and potentially accelerate rising air inside the cloud.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
She was certainly ugly, and yet, like the toad, she had eyes like jewels, dark and imperious, revealing latent energy and an intellectual force that could be felt at once.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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